ECHO activities: Technical Assistance

The Center provides technical assistance and training to the 15 Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) oral health demonstration sites in order to facilitate the successful implementation of the programs.

Due to the diversity of the sites, the breadth of the technical assistance needs vary widely. However, the ECHO team, which includes both leaders in the field of HIV & oral health and program evaluation, will provide support on a range of clinical and programmatic issues.

Assistance will be provided in developing outreach strategies for client recruitment; improving the capacity of medical providers to detect oral health needs and make referrals; improving linkages with the continuum of HIV care; implementing oral health clinical policies and procedures; recruiting and training dentists to participate in HIV oral health care and implement HIV oral health patient education materials and interventions.